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The deadline for collecting signatures for the presidential process has expired. Officially, there are seven candidates for President: Stevo Pendarovski, endorsed by SDSM, Gordana Siljanovska Davkova, endorsed by VMRO-DPMNE, Bujar Osmani, endorsed by DUI, Arben Taravari, endorsed by the VLEN coalition, Stevco Jakimovski, endorsed by GROM, Maksim Dimitrevski, endorsed by ZNAM, and Biljana Vankovska, endorsed by Levica. On Friday, Taravari ...

The Interior Ministry, in order to establish order with regards to the process for people to have their photos taken and for issuing personal documents, will introduce a so-called Get a Number system. The system was tested on the premises of the Administrative Affairs Department of Kumanovo on Saturday, caretaker Interior Minister Pance Toskovski said. Soon, it will be fully ...

On Saturday, SDSM and VMRO-DPMNE continued to trade accusations in relation to alleged closeness to Bulgarian politicians obstructing the EU path. SDSM presented photos of VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski and presidential candidate Gordana Siljanovska Davkova, and Bulgarian MEP Andrey Kovatchev. On the other hand, VMRO-DPMNE said SDSM was trying to spread fake news by using old photographs. “People remember that ...

Interviews with passport candidates at the Bulgarian Consulate in Bitola would be conducted by a cleaning lady. That was revealed by Angel Georgiev, Bulgarian MP from the Revival party, following the report on the conducted control at the mission sent to an inspectorate of the Bulgarian Justice Ministry. As he added, the woman rejected a big number of applications. Bulgarian ...

On Saturday, Defence Minister Slavjanka Petrovska stated that her Ministry wasn’t ruling out the possibility, according to carried out assessments and in cooperation with the Health Ministry, of soldiers from Ukraine receiving medical treatment in North Macedonia. “There are capacities in the frames of the Defence Ministry that could be made available. Multiple institutions will be included in this initiative, ...

The 81st anniversary of deportation of Macedonian Jews to the Treblinka concentration camp was marked on Sunday in Stip. Israel’s Ambassador, Simona Frankel, said very few people had survived in the death camp. Regarding the Gaza situation, she called on Hamas to urgently release 134 hostages. Among them, the Ambassador said, are 19 young women who are experiencing sexual harassment ...

Traffic on the state roads is ongoing in winter conditions, on mostly dry roads. All road routes in the country are passable. Smaller landslides may occur on certain road routes that pass through gorges and cuts. JP Makedonijapat appeals for careful management of the vehicles, respect for the posted traffic signals, as well as adjustment of the speed according to ...

On Thursday, with 84 votes in favour and two abstentions, Parliament passed the Electoral Code changes. Ruling majority and opposition parliamentarians found common ground to enable over 100,000 citizens without documents containing the new constitutional name to be able to vote in the elections. According to the provisional transition, all adults with an ID or passport whose validity has expired ...

Several hours before the adoption of the Electoral Code changes that will enable citizens with documents containing the old constitutional name to vote, on Thursday, caretaker Interior Minister Pance Toskovski again criticised caretaker PM Talat Xhaferi’s stand that there is enough time for citizens to replace documents before the elections. According to him, there is no time to wait because ...

Prosecutors in Kumanovo have filed an indictment proposal against the Mayor, Maksim Dimitrievski, who’s also ZNAM leader and presidential candidate. The proposal concerns abuse of official position, but Dimitrievski’s stand is that he’s been refusing to issue permits for construction of an 11-storey building near a health institution and а school to a person he claims is a sponsor of ...